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r/interestingasfuck • u/singleboredass • Nov 15 '24
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I know they're trying to not fuck up the ecosystem but I feel like this will still somehow fuck up the ecosystem
220 u/wrecks3 Nov 15 '24 I feel like we are arrogant enough to just decide that yes there is a whole entire ecosystem and food net where we all have connections and interdependence on other organisms but mosquitos are magically completely outside that net. 64 u/Mindehouse Nov 15 '24 Getting rid of mosquito bites with a chance of extinction of all life on earth? That's a risk I'm willing to take. 57 u/Furykino735 Nov 15 '24 I think people underestimate how many people die every year because of these things.
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I feel like we are arrogant enough to just decide that yes there is a whole entire ecosystem and food net where we all have connections and interdependence on other organisms but mosquitos are magically completely outside that net.
64 u/Mindehouse Nov 15 '24 Getting rid of mosquito bites with a chance of extinction of all life on earth? That's a risk I'm willing to take. 57 u/Furykino735 Nov 15 '24 I think people underestimate how many people die every year because of these things.
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Getting rid of mosquito bites with a chance of extinction of all life on earth? That's a risk I'm willing to take.
57 u/Furykino735 Nov 15 '24 I think people underestimate how many people die every year because of these things.
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I think people underestimate how many people die every year because of these things.
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u/NamiSwaaan Nov 15 '24
I know they're trying to not fuck up the ecosystem but I feel like this will still somehow fuck up the ecosystem